Billy Jenkins with The Voice of God Collective
Scratches of Spain
BDV 9404

Album named as one of "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die" in The Guardian in November 2007


1. Monkey Men
2. Cuttlefish
3. Barcelona
4. Benidorm Motorway Services
5. Bilbao / St.Columbus Day
6. Cooking Oil
7. McDonalds

Billy Jenkins, guitar; Iain Ballamy, saxophones; Steve Watts, bass; Roy Dodds, drums; John Eacott, Chris Batchelor, Skid Solo, trumpets; Dai Pritchard, clarinet; Ashley Slater, David Jago, trombones; Django Bates, keyboards; Jimmy Haycraft, vibraphone; Jo Westcott, cello; Tim Matthewman, electric bass; Simon Edwards, acoustic bass; Dawson, percussion; Davo Cooke, guitar; Steve Argüelles, percussion.

Some call this Jenkins' classic recording. From the micky-take Miles cover spoof to the pathetic trumpet playing of Skid Solo over such gems as 'Benidorm Motorway Services', 'McDonald's, 'Cuttlefish' and 'Cooking Oil' - it would be hard to disagree. Billy does. But then he would.....
Django Bates, Ashley Slater and Iain Ballamy lead the superlative playing.

'The ensemble is swollen, the intentions are ambitious, the lunacy gets out of control, and Jenkins succeeds in all his target areas. This incredibly dense and detail-stuffed epic feels like a massive-budget project, even though it almost certainly wasn't.'
Martin Longley, Jazz on CD

'Listen and be rudely awakened, or better still get blind drunk and relive those package tour nightmares.'
Lindsay MacRae, Q magazine